To: B Knotts
There is unbridled enthusiasm for Pope Benedict XVINot everywhere. Not like there was for JPII.
42 posted on
04/19/2005 4:55:03 PM PDT by
sinkspur
(If you want unconditional love with skin, and hair and a warm nose, get a shelter dog.)
To: sinkspur
Weren't some Italians dismayed at the selection of a non-Italian pope at that time?
47 posted on
04/19/2005 4:56:42 PM PDT by
B Knotts
(Ioannes Paulus II, Requiescat in Pacem.)
To: sinkspur
"Not everywhere. Not like there was for JPII."
Don't get revisionist. Not many outside of Poland were filled with unbridled enthusiasm for JPII when he first became Pope. The vast bulk of the response around the world was, "Karol Who?"
Qwinn
58 posted on
04/19/2005 4:59:59 PM PDT by
Qwinn
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